Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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2alone 10/14/2007

Lately, & off & on over the past couple of years, I go through periods where my whole head feels like I'm spinning in circles. It comes in waves & usually happens when I'm laying on my side, but has happened when I'm up & walking too. I checked with my doctor, & she says it's not an ear infection. I'm wondering if it might be a side effect from my meds. I'm on trazedone, topamaz, seroquel, lamatryl, ativan, amitriptiline, & a little blue sleeping pill (can't remember the name).

nobody666 10/14/2007

if you mean the little blue pill is lamictal... its not a sleepy pill, it can make you sleepy but that is not what they give it to you for...
just courious do you smoke?

deleted_user 10/14/2007

Sounds like your BP is bottoming out. Could have something to do with the meds.

nobody666 10/14/2007

i notice that i feel my smoking more when i have recently taken my lamictal than after its been in me a while. makes me kinda dizzy

deleted_user 10/15/2007

I had a bout of the same spinning a while back and every time I moved my head the room spun, it was worse in the morning and eased up by evening but eventually went away. Saw my doc and she thought it might be a virus. I take lamictal, zoloft and an occ klonopin

dobiedots 10/15/2007

is the little blue pill Propranolol?
Anyway, I get that periodically. I don't know what it is. usually when I'm under a lot of stress it gets worse. But I can't pinpoint it.
Also, if you're bent over or crouched down...DO NOT GET UP QUICKLY!!!

2alone 10/15/2007

The little blue pill is imovane, & no I don't smoke. I'm actually pretty sure it's not from the meds, cause I've had similar symptoms years ago, before I got bipolar, & was told it was my inner ear, but it just seems to be such regular thing now, I though I'd check with you all. Thanks for your input.

deleted_user 10/16/2007

I take lamictal, pdoc increased it to 500mg., whoa, i got blurry vision and head spinning. Also take trileptal, that was increased too, the 2 really did me in. Watch out for side effects of meds. Don't trust pdoc's to know all side effects, they lie too. Google meds and look up side effects yourself.

deleted_user 10/16/2007

My gosh!...it sounds to me like you're overmedicated...I could imagine having spinning spells if I were taking that many powerful meds...but I am not a doctor, just someone who has been overmedicated before.

r. patterson

2alone 10/16/2007

I ended up on so many meds cuz I was having trouble sleeping & she just kept adding different things until I could finally sleep. I have done research on all of my meds, but I probably should find a way to research how they each interact. Thanks for all the input.

roseypeach 10/18/2007

Honestly I have dizzy spells off and on all the time and I'm only on two "bipolar" meds right now.

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